Recent content by Shamby

I also greatly value your opinion. But the behavior you are describing - rape and murder - is so aberrant and outside of the realm of normal human experience that, almost by definition, when someone engages in these behaviors they are no longer a "garden variety" anything.

I would agree that individuals in a manic episode have difficulty controlling their urges, but would disagree with you that in the moment they "know" the urges are wrong. In contrast, in that moment their way of thinking, feeling, and perceiving the world is distorted by their illness. On the...

I actually thought your conceptualization was great, but I just didn't find it to be at odds with a narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis. You may be aware of this already, but personality disorders are (with very rare exceptions) not a legal basis for an insanity defense. That is, while...

As I am reading it, you are very much describing how someone with severe and malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder might react in this scenario. Specifically, you seem to be describing someone with an intense and all-encompassing need for validation and power, who reacts with what some...

I grew up in Fairfax County, and just wanted to chime in to say I definitely agree with you. There are many highways and large 4-lane roads in the area, and little reason for someone to venture off the main thoroughfares to get from point A to point B. Heck, I lived in a town adjacent to Fairfax...